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Be mindful of one-sided relationships, especially online

Earlier this week, a member of a relatively popular Japanese boy band announced he was leaving his group. ...

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Stick the landing to avoid sour endings

If you watch gymnastics competitions during the Olympics or whenever else they’re on TV, you’ve heard the commentators ...

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Container ships connect our global world

Back when I was in high school, I used to spend a week each summer down at Fort ...

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Memories of pre-pandemic dancing

Perhaps it’s because of this past year of pandemic-induced free time, but I’ve been feeling pretty nostalgic lately. ...

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Women in sports working hard in different ways

NC State’s women’s basketball team are now back-to-back conference tournament champs. They snagged the win on Sunday afternoon, ...

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Thoughts on the pandemic after one year

It’s March again, huh? Last year at this time, COVID-19 and the pandemic were just a few stray ...

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Stories of luxury jets, coffins, and rowing from around the globe

Sometimes I can get too focused on what’s happening locally that I forget there’s a whole world outside ...

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Forbidden tea, wet salad, and other sorts of food nonsense

Let me preface this week’s column: my mother recently said to me (jokingly, I’m sure) that she was ...

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Frequently asked vaccine questions

I’ve written a lot about COVID-19 vaccines in the past few weeks. Supplies are limited and guidelines from ...

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Civil Rights movement inspired musician with northeastern NC connection

As I was browsing Twitter this past week, I saw a fascinating series of tweets from the NC ...

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The time for planning and organization was six months ago

Have you ever attended an event that was extremely unorganized? An event where you know the people in ...

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Weightlifting laundry detergent and other exercise ideas

Raise your hand if exercise was one of your New Year’s resolutions. Raise your other hand if you’ve ...

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Destroy disinformation by emphasizing education

When Betsy DeVos, who served as the United States Education Secretary, resigned her position last week, the American ...

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Setting reasonable goals for the new year

I have a large calendar on my desk where I write down dates for meetings and interview appointments ...

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Word of the year: adapt; what’s yours?

As the year draws to a close, it’s natural that we start looking back on all that happened ...

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